The state Attorney General’s Office has settled with a Fife, Wash., car dealership that sold used luxury cars that had been repurchased under a California lemon buyback law without the necessary disclosures to customers.
McCann Motors didn’t tell the 79 unsuspecting buyers who paid up to $50,000 to own secondhand Hummers and Cadillac Escalades that the vehicles, which previously had been returned to the manufacturer, could have potential problems, the AG’s office says.
They may have negotiated differently if they had received the Lemon Law disclosures required under Washington law, said Doug Walsh, chief of consumer protection division in the AG’s office.
Washington law requires that a bright yellow flier be placed in the window which reads, “Lemon Law Resale Notice of Nonconformity or Serious Safety Defect.”
As part of the settlement, the dealer will contact the buyers and work out a reasonable solution. The dealership also agreed to pay $12,000 in state attorneys’ fees and costs. McCann Motors didn’t admit to any wrongdoing.
The state’s complaint and settlement were filed today in Pierce County Superior Court.